How a Morning Mind makes you more Assured, Creative, Joy-Filled - Cafe Aretista with Dr. Rob Carter

I almost cut out the very beginning of the rough cut of my interview, when Dr. Robert Carter III, a truly exceptional human being, says, "Let's do it." But it captures the essence of this wonderful person -- not just how positive a person he is, but just so filled with energy and happiness and impassioned commitment. So I kept it in. I kept it in in part because it shows how Dr. Carter himself has transformed as a result of his own brilliant studies, and application of all he has discovered.

The greatest of the great philosophers, from Spinoza to Dewey to Socrates himself, have noted that we humans not only are creatures of habits, but that we are those creatures capable of breaking our most negative and even destructive habits, no matter how seemingly intractable, and turning them into ones that make our lives, and the lives of those around us, ones that enable us to be more creative, conscientious, self-assured, and joy-filled.

Now, Dr. Robert Carter, in his internationally acclaimed book, 'The Morning Mind: Use Your Brain to Master Your Day and Supercharge Your Life,' published by Harper Collins, shows us the "brain hacks" needed to go about this effectively and meaningfully.

I had the pleasure and honor of getting to know Rob when I was holding Socrates Cafes for defense acquisition professionals on a military base.. And now I have the great pleasure to pick the brain of this exceptional person -- truly an 'aretista' (someone who strives for arete, the Greek word for all-around excellence, in life's many dimensions). Listen in to his worlds of wisdom.

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